Chapter 192. Tag-Team Duel! T.G. Explodes—Double Nibiru Comes Crashing Down!
Leo could understand that much.
Naturally, the other Duelists could understand it too.
Right.
In the higher worlds, the creed of Yu-Gi-Oh! has always been this:
Going first means making sure your opponent can't play Yu-Gi-Oh! at all.
If your negate board is truly unsolvable, and the opponent doesn't scoop at Speed 5 and make a graceful exit, then it's the turn of the first-turn "full-negate" Duelist to get ready to dip at Speed 6.
Because if the going-second player can remain calm against a sea of negates, they must be holding the outs.
Cards like Dark Ruler No More, Kaijus, PSY-Framegear Gamma + PSY-Frame Driver, etc.!
"Looks like the ultimate essence of Synchro Decks is to set up negates."
"Got it. I finally understand how the higher worlds approach things!"
"Never thought even Morphtronic could do this."
Beside him, Crow Hogan muttered with feeling.
Especially now.
He had recognized so many familiar "negate" monsters!
For example, Baronne de Fleur was one of them!
It seemed to have become public transport—if you can make it, you bring it!
In the VRAINS world.
After watching a ridiculous "negate-master" board built off just two cards, the newest world's Yusaku Fujiki, Akira Zaizen, and Takeru Homura could no longer keep their composure.
Good grief!
Truly, "everything can be instant negates," huh?
"I'm convinced. At first, I thought…"
"Morphtronic might just be casual."
"Even while listening to the video creator explain it,"
"that's what I thought."
"But now, I think I need to change my mindset."
"Not to mention anything else—"
"Just this sort of board… I don't think I can break it."
Takeru Homura spoke slowly.
There was a hint of admiration in his tone.
And indeed, that was the case.
Aoi Zaizen and Akira Zaizen narrowed their eyes,
searching for the critical equation to crack this board!
But the problem was—
It was too hard!
Morphtronic Player: "After showing this combo!"
Morphtronic Player: "I won't go into the other combos."
Morphtronic Player: "But I will say this!"
"When a beginner Duelist wants to fully grasp Yu-Gi-Oh!'s resource routing and infinite loops!"
"I do not recommend other engines."
"I only recommend Morphtronic."
"You could say this: as long as you can master Morphtronic,"
"then pairing it with other engines to build specialized 'entertainment' combos becomes very simple to understand."
"Meta Decks are for letting a Duelist experience Yu-Gi-Oh."
"Morphtronic is for letting a Duelist understand Yu-Gi-Oh."
"This is Morphtronic."
As the short video ended,
those words left Duelists across all worlds in thought.
Meta Decks are for letting a Duelist experience Yu-Gi-Oh?
Morphtronic is for letting a Duelist understand Yu-Gi-Oh?
What did that even mean?
Experience Yu-Gi-Oh? Understand Yu-Gi-Oh?
Morphtronic?
With that question,
Yugi Muto grew pensive, and Jaden Yuki's expression turned grave.
Yuma Tsukumo and Sei Yuki, the various protagonists of each world, all seemed to have their own insights.
In the main world,
Sei Yuki also felt he had gained a lot from hearing this.
He had to admit—
True enough.
If you want to really get into Yu-Gi-Oh,
or rather, understand Yu-Gi-Oh,
maybe Morphtronic really is a great fit.
Once you've figured it out, then say any example at all—
like a specialized Morphtronic rip-5-cards,
or Morphtronic "Old Man Y" variants—
you can grasp the meaning behind them.
That's the charm of Decks in Dueling!
"Yeah—learn till you're old, live till you're old."
"Well then, let's watch some other videos."
Sei Yuki exhaled slowly and quickly pulled up another video.
After a bit of searching, his gaze locked onto a tag-team Duel.
Not for anything else—
but because the title mentioned "T.G."—Tech Genus.
Speaking of which,
the pioneer of Accel Synchro, Bruno, had been pretty active lately.
Watching this video… getting into T.G. sounded like a solid choice too!
Decision made.
The tag-team Duel in the short began to display!
A-Side Duelist: First to act!
B-Blue Duelist: Second!
C-Red Duelist: Third!
D-Blue Duelist: Last!
Both teams' Life Points: 16,000!
Shared field, Graveyard, and banished zone.
A-Side Duelist: "My turn!"
A-Side Duelist: "I end my turn."
Opening thunderstrike!
The first player—
ended the turn doing absolutely nothing!
Seeing that,
the Duelists who were discussing more Morphtronic possibilities were stunned!
What's this?
Empty board and you dare pass?
Bricked?
B-Blue Duelist: "Draw! Looks like your opener isn't great, huh?"
B-Blue Duelist: "My turn! I activate the Spell Card T.G. Limiter Removal!"
B-Blue Duelist: "I can discard 1 card to activate it. I add 2 'T.G.' monsters from the Deck to the hand (max. 1 of each name)."
"I discard T.G. Gear Zombie, and I search T.G. Propeller Dragon and T.G. Booster Raptor!"
"I Normal Summon T.G. Rocket Salamander. Since I control a T.G. monster, I Special Summon T.G. Booster Raptor!"
"Rocket Salamander's effect: I Tribute it to Special Summon T.G. Propeller Dragon from the Deck!"
"Propeller Dragon's effect: revive Rocket Salamander from the Graveyard!"
"Rocket Salamander, Booster Raptor, and Propeller Dragon—Link Summon!"
"Confirm the arrows!!"
"Link-3! T.G. Trident Launcher!"
"Activate Trident Launcher's effect!"
"I choose the Propeller Dragon in my hand, the Propeller Dragon in my Graveyard, and T.G. Tank Grub from the Deck—Special Summon all 3 to the zones it points to!"
"Tank Grub and Propeller Dragon—Synchro Summon!"
"4 plus 1 makes Level 5!"
"T.G. Hyper Librarian!"
"Tank Grub's effect!"
"When this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material for a 'T.G.' Synchro Monster: Special Summon 1 'T.G. Token' (Machine/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Attack Position to your field."
"The T.G. Token and my second Propeller Dragon—Synchro Summon!"
"4 plus 1 makes Level 5!"
"Come forth! T.G. Over Dragonar!"
"Over Dragonar's effect: when Synchro Summoned, Special Summon any number of 'T.G.' monsters from the GY in Defense Position!"
"T.G. Propeller Dragon, T.G. Tank Grub, T.G. Rocket Salamander—revive them all!"
Holy—!
What is this?
What the heck is this!?
Are these really T.G. archetype cards???
In the 5D's world!
Leo had just learned how Morphtronic performed in the higher worlds.
Now—
this sudden T.G. explosion
made the still-shaken 5D's Duelists shudder all over again!
Bruno's visor nearly fell to the floor!
After rubbing his eyes,
Bruno confirmed he wasn't seeing things!
His T.G.—
had actually gotten this strong?!
Starting from a Link in T.G.—
pulling 3 monsters with ease—
that alone had left him shocked and stunned!
And now—
another T.G. Synchro that could spam-revive Graveyard resources!
Filling every zone in one breath!
This is the power of T.G. plus accelerator Tuners working with Synchro monsters!
Strong!
Way too strong!
With that card on the field, the follow-up T.G. explosion—
Bruno didn't even dare imagine it!
Beside him, Sei Yuki, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan, and Akiza Izinski were all dazed and speechless!
Stardust Dragon relies on "Quickdraw Synchron"-style extenders to pull Tuners from the Deck.
But this "T.G. Over Dragonar" just yanks everything from the GY!
A perfect contrast, huh?
B-Blue Duelist: "Propeller Dragon and Tank Grub—Synchro Summon!"
B-Blue Duelist: "Level-5 Synchro! T.G. Star Guardian!"
B-Blue Duelist: "Star Guardian's effect—add back Propeller Dragon from the GY!"
"Rocket Salamander's effect—revive Tank Grub from the GY!"
"Tank Grub and Rocket Salamander—Synchro Summon!"
"Level 2! T.G. Power Gladiator!"
"Librarian's effect—draw 1 card!"
"Power Gladiator's effect—I add the Continuous Spell T.G. All Clear from the Deck!"
"I activate the Continuous Spell—T.G. All Clear!"
"Grant an additional Normal Summon for 'T.G.' this turn."
"Next, continue Synchro Summoning!"
"Level 2 Tuner, T.G. Power Gladiator—Level 5 T.G. Hyper Librarian—Level 5 T.G. Over Dragonar!"
"2 + 5 + 5—Level 12!"
"Remove every limiter!"
"Level 12!"
"Synchro Summon! T.G. Blade Blaster!!!"
"T.G. Drill Fish in my hand activates—Special Summon!"
"Then I Normal Summon T.G. Propeller Dragon, and activate T.G. Gear Zombie in my hand!"
"Reduce Propeller Dragon's ATK by 1000 to Special Summon Gear Zombie!"
"Propeller Dragon and Drill Fish—Synchro Summon!"
"A second copy! T.G. Over Dragonar!"
"I Special Summon T.G. Booster Raptor from my hand!"
"Booster Raptor and Gear Zombie—Synchro Summon!"
"Level 2! T.G. Recipro Dragonfly!"
"Level 2 T.G. Recipro Dragonfly—Level 5 Tuner T.G. Star Guardian—Level 5 T.G. Over Dragonar—tune the levels!"
"Every limiter is online!"
"Every regulator is open!"
"My final ace—come forth!"
"Level 12! T.G. Halberd Cannon!"
"I set 1 card!"
"Turn end!"
A-Side Duelist: "So strong! Way too strong!"
A-Side Duelist: "I don't even know how to break this board!"
A-Side Duelist: "No choice! I'll use the monster in my hand to tidy up your field!"
"Activate effect—Nibiru, the Primal Being!!"
"Eat every monster on the field!"
"I'll give you this Token with 10,200 ATK and 8000 DEF!"
"Feeling the cold sweat yet, buddy?!"
"T.G.? Explosions? Hahahaha! Just food for the big rock!"
The old guard across the worlds—
had been ready to praise T.G. to the skies for spitting out two Level-12 bosses in one go!
One T.G. Halberd Cannon to negate summons!
One T.G. Blade Blaster that can banish itself until the next Standby Phase for protection!
And with T.G. Trident Launcher's arrows pointing, the two big bosses even had targeting protection—
Then one Nibiru,
and every Synchro dream was smashed.
In the 5D's world,
Bruno was completely stunned!
T.G.!
His T.G.!
His tamashii!
Aaaah!
We're about to wipe out!
If this were a Riding Duel,
we'd be flipping the bike!
Such a powerful "negate-and-crack" game state!
Two untargetable Level-12 bosses!
Is it all gone just like that?
Nibiru!
This card really is the Synchro nightmare!
At this moment,
the excited 5D's crowd looked at Nibiru and traded glances.
It's over.
Another Synchro kid's dream just got crushed!
"No helping it. Nibiru is the Synchro nightmare."
"Synchro has to make too many summons."
"It's easy to satisfy Nibiru's condition."
"What a pity—the hard-won triangle board."
Beside them, Sei Yuki let out a heavy sigh.
That's reality.
C-Red Duelist: "Beautifully done, Aibou!"
C-Red Duelist: "Now it's my turn! Draw!"
C-Red Duelist: "I activate the Continuous Spell—Fateful Adventure!"
"I send Rite of Aramesir from my Deck to the GY, then add Illegal Knight from the Deck!"
"I activate Rite of Aramesir in the GY—Special Summon an Adventurer Token (Fairy/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 2000/DEF 2000)!"
"With the Token on the field, I Special Summon Illegal Knight!"
"Activate Fateful Adventure again—I add Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon from the Deck!"
"I activate the effect of Diabellstar the Black Witch in my hand—discard Dracoback to Special Summon!"
"Dracoback in the GY equips itself to the Token!"
"Diabellstar's effect—Set 1 'Sinful Spoils' card directly from the Deck!"
B-Blue Duelist: "Since you, Aibou, embarrassed me—"
B-Blue Duelist: "Don't think you'll have it easy!"
"I activate a monster effect—Nibiru, the Primal Being!!"
"Hahahaha! Kimoji!"
"Big rock! Feels great!"
"Every monster on your field—and my monster—get eaten!"
"I Special Summon Nibiru, then Summon the Token to your field!"
C-Red Duelist: "You've got Nibiru too?!"
C-Red Duelist: "Double Nibiru, huh!"
"Fine! Fine!"
"I Normal Summon Ecclesia, the Virtuous in White!"
"I end my turn!"
B-Blue Duelist: "In your End Phase—activate T.G. Limiter Removal in my GY!"
B-Blue Duelist: "Banish it to return 1 'T.G.' monster from my GY to the Deck!"
D-Blue Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
C-Red Duelist: "Chain Ecclesia's effect!"
C-Red Duelist: "During either player's Main Phase, I Tribute this card to Special Summon Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign – Qixing Longyuan!"
No helping it!
Really no helping it at all!
Under this double self-serve buffet of Nibiru—
the C-side Duelist couldn't continue extending!
And the T.G. player was hurting too!
It wasn't even certain whether they could explode again next turn!
At this point—
the value of Nibiru
had risen completely in the hearts of the old-guard Duelists of every world!
What's the meaning of "one card to wipe the board"?
Behold!
That's it!
Nibiru, eternal god!
If you can't break the opponent's established board,
then just use Nibiru to eat it all before they finish building!
That's the role of Nibiru!
And now the turn had reached the D-Blue Duelist!
The old guard's eyes focused on D-Blue.
Let's see what kind of board he can make!
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